Metal bracket



" A, B. DENISON. Metal Bracket.

No. 227,966. Patented May 25,1880.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGNAPHER, WASHINGTOND C- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS B. DENISON, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

M ETAL BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,966, dated May 25, 1880.

Application filed September 26, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, AMOS B. DENISON, oi Keene, county of Cheshire, and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal Brackets, which improve ments are fully set forth in the annexed specification and in the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of light ornamental brackets known as flower-pot brackets, which are made of bent metal and it consists in constructing said brackets from a single piece or bar of metal, and in the employment therefor of such a shaped bar, in cross-section, as gives increased strength to the bracket made therefrom, and such as facilitates the formation of the suspension and platform pivots of the bracket.

Referring to the drawings, which consistof three figuresJiigure l is a side elevation of my improved bracket. Fig. 2 is aview of Fig. 1, in vertical section, through the line as Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bracket, Fig. 1, together with a suitable platform thereon, to form together a flower-pot bracket.

In the drawings, a a are the suspensionpivots, and b is the platform-pivot, of the bracket, and c d are, respectively, its horizontal and its brace portions. E is a rivet, and F the scroll of the bracket.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several figures.

I employ for the construction of my improved bracket a bar of metal of half-round form in section. From a single piece of such metal I form the bracket, as shown, bending the upper suspension-pivot, a, doubling the end of the bar upon itself to form it, thence forming its horizontal side 0, bending nextits platform-pivot b by doubling the bar upon itself, thence forming its brace side d, then again bending the bar upon itself to form the lower suspension-pivot, a, and thence lay the bar back along the upper side of the brace portion d, and, finally, form the scroll F, as shown.

To secure the top of the scroll under the horizontal side 0 of the bracket, 1 insert a rivet, E,.throngh said parts.

The half-round form of the bar of metal from which the bracket is made enables me to form from the doubled bar, as seen inthe pivots a a 1), round pivots. This obviates the necessity of milling or otherwise machining such pivots to give them the requisite form-an operation which must be performed upon brackets which are constructed from bars of other shapes; also, the bracket is stronger when constructed from a half-round bar than it would be if made from a round bar of equal weight, and its appearanccis lighter and more graceful.

By making the platform-pivot of a book form instead of vertical a convenient suspension-bracket is produced.

It is obvious that any other form of central ornamentation than the scroll may be adopted, if desired.

A strong and gracefully-constructed flowerpot bracket is made by uniting the bracket and a platform, as shown in Fig. 3, said bracket being obviously adapted to be used with any desirable style of platform.

WVhat I claim as my invention is-- 1. A platform or suspension bracket constructed by bending a single piece of a halfround metal bar to form a bracket consisting of the horizontal portion 0, the brace portion d, the pivots a a b, and a central ornamental portion, F, substantially as set forth.

2. A platfbrm-bracket constructed by bending a single piece of metal bar to form a bracket consisting of the horizontal portion 0, the brace portion d, and the pivots a, a, and 12, substantially as'and for the purpose set forth.

AMOS B. DENISON.

In presence of-- KATE G. STARKWEATHER, G. F. STARKWEATHER. 

